Sara Snow Walks the 'Green Carpet' to Show Americans How to Power Up Naturally in a New Episode of GET FRESH WITH SARA SNOW on Discovery Health

Sara Snow Walks the 'Green Carpet' to Show Americans How to Power Up Naturally in a New Episode of GET FRESH WITH SARA SNOW on Discovery Health

--Penelope Cruz, Orlando Bloom, Chevy Chase and British Rock Band Gomez Talk to Sara About Importance of EcoPower in Episode of GET FRESH WITH SARA SNOW Premiering Thursday, May 24, at 8 PM ET/PT --

MARINA DEL REY, Calif., May 16 /PRNewswire/ -- America's dependence on fossil fuels for energy is one of the major contributors to the greenhouse gases that continue to heat up planet Earth and pollute the air and water. According to an article in The New Yorker (January 22, 2007, pp. 34-35), Americans will consume close to 4 trillion kilowatt-hours of electricity and burn through 43 billion gallons of gasoline - at a cost of more than a quadrillion dollars.

In a new eye-opening world premiere episode of Discovery Health's green living series, GET FRESH WITH SARA SNOW: Eco Power (Thursday, May 24, at 8 PM ET/PT), natural living expert Sara Snow explores how some people are making a difference by changing their energy consumption habits, and illustrates some simple steps Americans can take today to make a change. This celebrity-packed episode kicks off as Sara boards the bio-fueled tour bus of British rock band Gomez. A group that jumped on the "green bandwagon" by offsetting the amount of carbon dioxide emitted to run each of their concerts, Gomez not only contributes to companies that make clean energy, such as Native Energy - a company that builds new wind-energy turbines for South Dakota and Alaska - but Gomez fans can pay an additional $.40 on the price of their ticket to have travel emissions to the concert offset through the Music Today ticketing website. More than 50 percent of Gomez fans opt in; the $.40 cost is a calculation of pounds of carbon dioxide used by two people traveling an average distance. Sara talks to Gomez about their other eco-friendly practices, including --

-- Using bio-diesel to fuel their tour bus;
-- Minimizing the idling of their bus when not in use;
-- Using recycled paper and soy-based inks for printed materials;
-- Providing organic cotton merchandise options for their fans;
-- Requesting organic food backstage at all shows; and
-- Staying at hotels identified as more sustainable.

Sara then speaks with Dean Devlin, the executive producer of the documentary film Who Killed The Electric Car, and the film's director, Chris Paine. This documentary explores why the electric car failed to break into the American car market. After a testing period in which automakers leased a limited number of vehicles, all were pulled by 1996, despite passionate consumer interest. Now, these cars are making a comeback. With a star-studded debut at Global Green's Pre-Oscar Party in Los Angeles, Tesla's new electric sports car made an appearance on the "green carpet," and Sara and the GET FRESH crew were there to take a test drive. While on the green carpet, Sara speaks to stars, including Penelope Cruz, Orlando Bloom, Cote de Pablo, Chevy Chase and more, about why they support alternative transportation and how they use their celebrity fame to encourage others to make changes.

In GET FRESH (Thursdays at 8 PM ET/PT), Sara reveals the secrets of making wholesome, green living accessible for today's hectic lifestyles by providing easy-to-execute steps for creating healthier lives for you, your family and generations to come. Sara encourages viewers to develop responsible and sustainable lifestyle habits by sharing the long-term and short-term benefits of green living practices such as cooking with natural and organic foods, using green cleaning products, wearing eco-friendly clothes and exploring alternative types of transportation. Equally important, Sara empowers her audience by providing it with the blueprint for adopting each step into everyday life in a manner that is user-friendly and easily to implement.

GET FRESH WITH SARA SNOW is produced for Discovery Health by Engel Entertainment. Steve Engel is executive producer; Christine Shuler is series producer. Wendy Douglas is executive producer for Discovery Health.

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